Manifolding-machine



A. KRAUTH, DEC'D.

F. G. DIESBACH. ADMINISTRATOR.

MANIFOLDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED .IULY 3.1916.

Patented Mar. 9, 1920.

2 SHEETS-S'HEET A. KRAUTH, DEC'D.

F. e. DIESBACH. ADMINISTRATOR.

MANIFOLDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 3,196.

Patented Mar. 9,1920.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

M m %WM UNITED sTATEs PAT NT OFFICE.

. {LLBERT KRAUTH, or nAM1LToN, .oHIo; rmrz GL DISBACH ADMINISTRATOR or SAID ALBERT KMUTH, DECEASED.

` MANIFLDING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented ar.'9,19 2o.

Application filed July 3, 1916. Serial No. 107322.

To all whom it may conccm Be it known that LALBERT KRAUTH, a

citizen of the United States, and residing at Hamilton, in the county of B-utler and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Manifolding-Machines, of which the following specification is a full disclosure.

My invention relates to manifolding machines or autographic registers, and in particular to devices for coperating with the web or` webs of paper supported anddrawn over the writing table. "The devices are arranged to engage through registering apertures in the paper to intercept the paper upon the table 'and provide for' a paper engagement for its withdrawal from the m achine. y

` An object of the invention is to provide detents mounted to yield or move transversely to the plane of a writing table, and

reciprocable in a direction longitudinal to the table and arranged in a spaced relation crosswise of the writing table. The detents in their transverse motion are adapted to intercpt the paper drawn over the Writing table, by engaging through registering apertures in the paper, and are retracted for releasing the paper, and in their reciprocative motion in one stroke when engaged with the paper, draw the paper therewith over the writing table a determined distance, suflicient for extracting the end of the paper fron the machine for accessible nanual grasping, whereupon the detents are retracted and tripped for a return o'r retreat to a normal. locationfor yieldingly bearing against the'under surface of 'the paper upon the table for a successive paper intercepting operation. i

A further object of the invention is to provide level' actuated devices for operatr in:: and controlling said detents.

Various other features and objects of the invention are readily discernible from the description of the accompanying drawings, which, in part, also relate to 'details of const'ruction; the drawings illustrating a preferred enbodiment of'the invention, with like characters of reference used to denote correspondingparts throughout the several views, of which Figure 1 is a central vertical section through the machine containing my improvement's.

- tion.

. webs to a machine is optional.

Fig. 2 is a plan 'View takenfrom the under surface of the writing table, 'and of a` portion thereof, represented as the forward portion, with ,the side france shown in sec- Fig. 3 is an enlarged section on line 3-3 iFig. 2, viewed from a direction as shown by arrow on said latter figure.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged section taken on line 4 4, Fig, 2.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of a portionof web paper illustrating the same as apertured, with the apertures in spaced relation crosswise and lengthwise of the web and alned relatively. i

Fig. 6 is a detail enlarged section on line 6-6, Fig. 2.

Fig, 7 is an enlarg'ed section on line 7-7 Fig. 2, illustrating the parts in a normal position, and the detents assuming a position as when engaged through the apertures in .the paper over the writing table.

Fig. 8 is a View similar to Fig. 7 showing one of a sequence of operative steps or positions of the detents.

Fig. 9 is a similar View showing a second step in the operation` of the detents.

Fig. 10 is an end elevation of the machine shown in Fig. l.

Fig. 11 -is a side elevation of the forward portion of the machine.

The size of the machine as herein represented is one capable of being loaded with three supply webs of paper; the number of The webs either in the singular or plural usually each comprise preprinted blank forms, as bills of lading, sales or record strips, required for a particular service. The webs arearranged to adapt them to be fed over the writing table of the machine,and in a superposed relation when in the plural number cated in' theblank space of the paper. which" v divides the form data. The lengthwise spacing of apertures, therefore, maybe said to cordin'ate to neasured or determined sheet or form lengths, as represented when torn from the continuous strip. The ap'er-- tures, therefore, serve as' indexes for determining the length of paper withdrawal,

and as a gage for alining andregisterin gthe several strips or webs in the superposed re- I lation upon the Writin table. -As the paper is apertured at the time of printing, the apertures are very accurately located wth respect to. the printing, and when the paper upon the 'writing table of the machine is engagedby intercepting devices as detents, enterng or projecting throughregsterng apertures in the paper, contro'lling a paper withdrawing length accurately as to sheet size measurement, and also,- to gage a sheet length properly with respect to a tearingblade' for severing the withdrawn portion from the continuous strip. Thus the withdrawn severed sheets, in measurement, correspond accurately when' compiled and bound.

Referring to the drawings l-lrrepresent a pair of side frames, ,which may be of seci tional form, as illustrated, forming a casing 4 fixed to a base 2, with one section of each of theside frames hingedly mountedupon a second, w'iththe opposite forward companion sections of" both frames connected as a unit. and adapted to be swung forwardly for gaining access into the interiorof the casing.

The side frames are provided with opposite supports arranged in pairs for journaling the webs of paper, each pair of supports engaging into the core of a web and'yield ingly toward each other, applying a proper' the paper with which the machine is to be loaded. A margin frame 4 bridges over the 'writing-table and is hingedly mounted to one of the side frames or upon a carbon-' pro ectingly Secured to holding receptacle 5 one of the side frames.

The foregoing described parts are con\- mon in machines of this class and may be referred' to as fundamental elements, vary ing in design and Construction to meet the various requiremenfs for the various styles of machines for the different manifolding and autographic register service.

The forward end of the margin f'ame is bent acutely upward to form a flange G which servesto reinforce such margin-frano end, and provides an inclined 'support for -.the tearing-blade 7 Secured to said flange.

The cutting edge of the blade is at an elcvatioti s lightly above the, writing-table to clear the paper and' not inter fere with the paper withdrawal. The margin-frame being hiiged to one of the side] frames, -adapts it to be swung upwardly for acce'ssibility to the paper upon the table and when closed 'is suitably locked and'at it's forward end by a spring latch member 8, fixed to a side frame 1,;apertured to engage with a pin 9, projecting from an anglerfiange of the margin frame, see Fig. 11. v

.At the forward end of the writing-table paper intercepting devices' are provided, which, as detents, yield transversely to the 'table to engage through apertures in the paper when brought into registry there- `with for arresting 'the withdrawal of the" paper; alining several superposed webs upon the writing table with respect to each other; automatically determining the length of withdrawal and confining the paper upon the writing table against displaceent. In producing the above results, the det'ents as paper intercepters operate and are analogous to the detents shown and described in the reissue application, Serial No. 94,834,"filed by me May 1, 1916. v 4

In the present invention the detents are further utilized when i engaged with the* paper for withdrawing the 'paper from the machine to bring an' end of the paper beyond the tearing-blade, or extracted sufficiently for manually grasping the strip for` a manual withdrawal, after which the de,- tents are retracted and tripped-toautomatically retreat to their normal location and so asto snap through successive apertures as the paper is drawn over the writing-table.

The Construction disclosed provides for a pair. of detents 10-10, each fixed respecconnected as a unit by `'a cross-strip 12, see

'bear against the under surface of the paper,

tively to afplate 11 'and the plate 1 1 of each Fig. 2. Each detent carrying plate is slid- G ably mounted upon a flexible .plate 13, and

as both are of duplicatecqnstruction, only one will be described in detail.

The plate 13 has a free forward end, and at its rear end is Secured to the lowe'r surface of the writing-table 3, by rivets or screws 14', so that the forward end of the plate 13 yields away from the writing-table for transversely moving the detent 10. The detent has a stud portion 15, projected from the plate 1 1, to which the detent is secured, and engaged through a longitudinal slot 16 in the plate 13, and connected to move transversely with the forward end of the plate 13, by a pin 17 engaged through the stud 15 of the detent. The rear end of the detent carrying plate '11 'is angled" 'and notched to provide a notched flange 18, (see nounting the plate 11 upon the plate13:

The pins 20 connecting the cross-bar 12 Fig; 6), which engages through a longitudii -nal notch 19 in the plate 13 for slidably with the plate 11` engage respectively i through a longitudinal slot 21 in theplate 13 so that the detents' of a series and their carr-ers as a unit are adapted to slidingl-y" move or reciprocate" upon their supporting plates 13 in a direction longitudinal to .table 3, or n a paper withdrawing direction to draw the paper therewith when the detents theunder surface of the strip of paper in'- u mediately above the table. Such operation renders the detents free to snap into successive apertures when brought into registry therewith. The plates 11, connected as a unit, will 'be referred to as detent carriers, for it is obvious, that the parts comprising the carrier could be made integral and adapted for supporting any number of detents as may be comprsed in a series, but a pair being anple for the purpose intended, relatively spaced, the spacing corresponding 'to a pair of alined apertures crosswise of the paper, which is of a standard size in measurement to fit loose sheet binders.

The carrier is moved forward and controlled by the following instrumentalities A flexible tongue 23 is Secured to the crossa strip 12, see Fig. 2, with its free end engag-- ing and sliding upon a block 24, in the reciprocating motions of the carrier, and in. a forward motion moves beyond the end ofthe block, to .permit it to yield to an abutting relation against the forward end of the block 24. Such abutting engagement between the tongue 23 and block 24 locks the carrier against retreat until the detents have been retracted from their paper engage'ent. A flexible tongue 25 is mounted upon a reciprocatng slide-bar 26, said slide-bar 26 being guidingly supported by straps Secured upon the under face of the writing table 3; The

.end of the tongue 25 is projected to engage with the shouldered end 27 of the tongue 23, and also yields toward the block 24 upon which it slides. The tongues 23 and 25,

therefore, have their ends abutting'lv alined and engage'd durng the forward ,sti-oke ot 'the slide-bar 26, until the end of the tongue 23 has been moved off of the block 24 destroying the tongue abutting alinement, so that they assume' an ofl'set relation, permitting thetongue 25 topass over'the tongue 23 with a continued forward motion of the slide-bar 26. Breaking such transmitting relation between the tongue enables the detents to be released and quickly retreated to their normal location independent of a positve transmission` control of the slide-bar 26. The slide-bar 26 continues in its for `ward stroke after disengagen'ent from the 'detent carrier, for retracting the detent, and freeing the carrier for its return to. normal position. i

To retract the detents, I provide the slidebar 26 'with an inclined cam block 28 arranged to engage the cross strip 22 connect- 'ing the plates 13 for flexing'the late 13 downward 01: in a direction away rom the writing table. Such flexing or transervse motion of the plates 13, retracting' the detents from the paper apertures, bringing the ends of thedetents below the table surface for a free retreating motion, it being understood that the cam 28 becomes effective after the detents have functioned for a determined paper withdrawing 'operation necessary to' extract the end of the paper a sufficient distance beyond the tearng-blade, so that the paper can be grasped b the operator for the manual withdrawalp The slide-bar 26 has a second cam or wedge element 29 projected therefrom arrangedto engage the end of the' tongue 23 'of the carrier to flex the tongue 23 and tongue 25 and bring the shouldered end of the' tongue 23`to-an elevation with the block 24, releasing .the carrier for its return to normal position. The tongue 23, in the return stroke of the carrier, slides between the block 24 and tongue 25. The retreating motion of the carrier is imparted by a `pair of springs 30-30 connected respeotively to the detent studs 15 and under surface of the writing-table 3, as shown in said Fig. 2.

From the foregoing it will be' observed that the detents in each alternate reciprocatthe forward end of the slide-bar 26 and j the oppositeend of said arm 31 is fixed upon a rock shaft '33 sutably ournaled and supported within the side frames 1-1, as v shown in Fg. 10. One end .of the rock shaft; projects beyond one of the side frames for receivng a hand-lever 34 which is fixed its opposite end to the casing and is utilized for au'tmnatically returning said lever and ltS connected parts to a normal poston.

From the. forego-ing it will be observedi rection lateral to the writing table, and upon forward direction, and at a second Elevation released from the 'paper for a return stroke,

Now, assuming that the' detents occupythe !position as shown in Fig. 7, and,j further aunng, that they are 'engaged through apertures in the paper upon the writing-table, which itis desired to-feed for: ward' so as to bring the end of the. paper slightly beyond the tearing-blade sufliciently to be manually 'grasped for a continued mani ual withdrawal of the paper. Rocking the hand-lever 34 in a forward direction, will correspondinglv Swing the lever arm 31, moving the 'slide-bar 26, and abuttingly engage the tongue 25 with the shouldered end 27 of the carrier tongue 23, so that the tongues as a unit move forward upon the block 24:. The tongues bearing 'yieldingly against the face ofithe block 24: maintains theni in abuttng engagement as long as they continue to move in alinement over the face of the block 24: and correspondingly moves the detent carrier and its detents, until the shouldered end of the tongue 23 isreleased from itsengagementwith tongue 25,` or derailed from said ,block surface. As the tongue 23 passes off of the block it snaps to an ofl'set relation with the 'end of tongue 25. The tongue 25, continues in motion to the end of its' stroke overlappingly upon the tongue 23, a's shown in Fig. 8. `As the slide block reaches its limit of forward motion, the cam or' wedge Inem-ber 28 engages' the cross-bar22 flxing the plates -13, as shown in Fig. 9, moving the *detents transversely and to a second elevation "below the table surface, retracting the detents fromand re'- leasing the paper. i After the detents have been retracted sufliciently, the wedge or cam member 29 engages the shouldered end of the tongue 23, releasing the end of the tongue from itsngagement with the end of block' 24:, moving the tongue 23 to an elevation en-' abling it to slide upon the block in a retreat or return direction between said block' and tongue 25, as shown in Fig. 9, for

fquickly restoring the detents to their normal location free from any lever control. Retractrng the slide-bar 26, releases the plates '13 from the wedge or cam influence, leavthe detents free to 'snap and engage through a successive set of perforations as' the paper is withdrawn. The detents, as

shown, are nounted to operate at the for-.

ward end' of the table, each respectively engaging through a longitudinal slot' in the writing-table and through a longitudinal slot in the margin-frame, as shown in Ij`ig.

- 1,3.aaos3 i ;of the paper, comprising a spring-tensioned =blade 36, see Figs. 7, 8, 9 and '10, hngd upon a cross-rod or shaft 37, said blade projecting through a notch in thewriting-table and adapted to bear against the cross-bar portion of the margin-frame. i

Having described my invention, I claim 1. A device of the class described ,comprising a casing having a web supporting writing-table, a flexible detent supporting member nounted upon ,the under surface of the writing-table, a detent slidably mounted upon said support and adapted to engage through a registering aperture in the web of paper upon the table, the* web of paper longitudinally having apertures in spaced relation, and means for sliding 'said detent longitudinally of the table for drawing the paper over the table and yielding said sup port for extracting the detent from its paper engagement.

2. A device of the class prising a casing having a 'web supporting writing-table, flexible detent supporting means nounted upon the table, a detent movableapon said support longitudinally of the table, and laterally with said support, adapting the detent to eng-age ,through a registerin aperture in the paper upon the table, an when engaged 'with the paper draw the paper over the table, means for moving said detent upon its support and for described com- 'flexing said support at the end of a detent of the table, to support and guide the carrier ,s 120 in detent paper engaging and non-engaging planes relatively in alternate movements of reciprocation, and means for' actuating said guidevmember.

4.,A paper-feeding an'd arresting device of the class described, comprisn a table for guidingly supporting a web" o paper, the

paper havin apertures in a spaced relation, i longitudinal y, a detent carrier havng a detent projected angularly to the plane of the table, the detent adapted to eng'age' said carrier is mounted to slide in motions of reciprocaton longitudinally of the table, and at a different elevaton in alternate carrier strokes, reciprocating actuating means adapted to engage said carrier to move the carrier therewith in one stroke direction, and` to automatically release therefrom after a determined translating distance and sequentially engage and transversely fieX said support to change the carrier retreat stroke elevation and retract the detent from the paper engagement, and trip the carrier for an automatic retreating stroke, and tension means for* automatically movin said carrier in one of its reciprocating stro es.

In an autographic register comprising a' suitable frame work from which strips of paper are withdrawn, the combination With a stationary platen over which said paper passes longitudinally from the rear, of a reciprocated pin carrier slidably mo'unted beneath said platen, having yertically disposed pins located adjacent the forward end of said platen that engages said paper, a depressible support for said carrier and pns, for moving said pins downward' below the plane of said platen, means for moving said carrier-forward, and means for depressing said support" atthe forward .limit of carrier movement.

In witness Whereof I hereunto subscribe my name, as attested by the two subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT KRAUTH'.

Wtnesses: 4

F. G. DIESBACH, J OSEPH E. KUEBEL. 

